Chuck B
sea-bee
Have just had a new well drilled and a line run into my small northern Michigan cottage. As the line enters the cabin, it branches off to a stainless steel expansion tank and then to a water shutoff and spigot. The piping where the spigot is connected is galvanized, and the spigot seems to be brass.
I want to remove the spigot (there is a shut off further up the line after the expansion tank) and begin to attach 3/4" copper which will then go to a sediment filter, water softener, and water heater.
Am I guessing correctly: The galvanized pipe has to be connected to a brass nipple somehow (not directly to copper ever), then you attach the copper to that? Teflon tape ok? This must be like a water heater connection right? Except that a union is used there (dielectric union) so the heater can be replaced again? Would I use that (dielectric union) in my application, remembering that there is a plastic sleeve in those unions - improvement over simple brass?
Thanks. Chuck
I want to remove the spigot (there is a shut off further up the line after the expansion tank) and begin to attach 3/4" copper which will then go to a sediment filter, water softener, and water heater.
Am I guessing correctly: The galvanized pipe has to be connected to a brass nipple somehow (not directly to copper ever), then you attach the copper to that? Teflon tape ok? This must be like a water heater connection right? Except that a union is used there (dielectric union) so the heater can be replaced again? Would I use that (dielectric union) in my application, remembering that there is a plastic sleeve in those unions - improvement over simple brass?
Thanks. Chuck